Electoral results for the district of Onkaparinga

This is a list of election results for the electoral district of Onkaparinga in South Australian elections.

Members for Onkaparinga

First incarnation (1857–1902)
Member Party Term Member Party Term
  William Milne 1857–1868   William Dawes 1857–1857
  William Townsend 1857–1870
  Thomas Playford II 1868–1871
  Friedrich Krichauff 1870–1882
  William Bundey 1871–1875
  William Dunn 1875–1878
  William Bundey 1878–1881
  John Carr 1881–1884
  Rowland Rees 1882–1890
  Joseph Johnson 1884–1896
  Robert Caldwell Defence League 1890–1896
  Walter Duncan National League 1896–1902   National League 1896–1902
Second incarnation (1938–1970)
Member Party Term
  Howard Shannon Liberal and Country 1938–1968
  Stan Evans Liberal and Country 1968–1970

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

1968 South Australian state election: Onkaparinga[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Stan Evans 4,228 57.6 +0.5
Labor David Rhodes 2,356 32.1 −6.7
National Robert Harper 759 10.3 +10.3
Total formal votes 7,343 98.1 −0.1
Informal votes 145 1.9 +0.1
Turnout 7,488 95.3 −0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Stan Evans 4,911 66.9 +7.8
Labor David Rhodes 2,432 33.1 −7.8
Liberal and Country hold Swing +7.8
1965 South Australian state election: Onkaparinga
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Howard Shannon 3,836 57.1 +0.7
Labor Frank Staniford 2,608 38.8 −4.8
Social Credit Harvey Burns 278 4.1 +4.1
Total formal votes 6,722 98.2 +2.4
Informal votes 122 1.8 −2.4
Turnout 6,844 95.8 0.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Howard Shannon 3,975 59.1 +2.7
Labor Frank Staniford 2,747 40.9 −2.7
Liberal and Country hold Swing +2.7
1962 South Australian state election: Onkaparinga
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Howard Shannon 3,682 56.4 −6.9
Labor Peter Staniford 2,846 43.6 +6.9
Total formal votes 6,528 98.8 +0.9
Informal votes 77 1.2 −0.9
Turnout 6,605 95.8 +1.2
Liberal and Country hold Swing −6.9

Elections in the 1950s

1959 South Australian state election: Onkaparinga
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Howard Shannon 3,954 63.3 −6.8
Labor Cyril Hasse 2,292 36.7 +36.7
Total formal votes 6,246 97.9 +2.2
Informal votes 135 2.1 −2.2
Turnout 6,381 94.6 +0.5
Liberal and Country hold Swing N/A
1956 South Australian state election: Onkaparinga
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Howard Shannon 4,189 70.1
Independent Frank Rieck 1,786 29.9
Total formal votes 5,975 95.7
Informal votes 269 4.3
Turnout 6,244 94.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing
1953 South Australian state election: Onkaparinga
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Howard Shannon 4,266 57.0 −4.1
Labor Frank Staniford 3,223 43.0 +4.1
Total formal votes 7,489 97.9 −0.7
Informal votes 160 2.1 +0.7
Turnout 7,649 95.7 +0.8
Liberal and Country hold Swing −4.1
1950 South Australian state election: Onkaparinga
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Howard Shannon 4,530 61.1 +10.7
Labor Frank Staniford 2,887 38.9 +5.1
Total formal votes 7,417 98.6 +0.7
Informal votes 107 1.4 −0.7
Turnout 7,524 94.9 −0.2
Liberal and Country hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1940s

1947 South Australian state election: Onkaparinga
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Howard Shannon 3,528 50.7 −3.2
Labor Herbert Burnley 2,349 33.8 −12.3
Independent Frank Halleday 1,082 15.5 +15.5
Total formal votes 6,959 97.9 +1.1
Informal votes 152 2.1 −1.1
Turnout 7,111 94.7 +5.8
Liberal and Country hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1944 South Australian state election: Onkaparinga
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Howard Shannon 3,270 53.9 +10.9
Labor Cyril Hasse 2,792 46.1 +11.7
Total formal votes 6,062 96.8 −1.7
Informal votes 199 3.2 +1.7
Turnout 6,261 88.9 +26.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing +2.5
1941 South Australian state election: Onkaparinga
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Howard Shannon 1,876 43.0 −1.0
Labor Cyril Hasse 1,501 34.4 +11.2
Independent Labor Frank Staniford 988 22.6 −10.3
Total formal votes 4,365 98.5 +0.1
Informal votes 65 1.5 −0.1
Turnout 4,430 62.8 −1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Howard Shannon 2,242 51.4 +0.2
Labor Cyril Hasse 2,123 48.6 +48.6
Liberal and Country hold Swing +0.2

Elections in the 1930s

1938 South Australian state election: Onkaparinga
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Howard Shannon 1,870 44.0
Independent Frank Staniford 1,396 32.9
Labor Tom Howard 984 23.2
Total formal votes 4,250 98.4
Informal votes 71 1.6
Turnout 4,321 63.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal and Country Howard Shannon 2,175 51.2
Independent Frank Staniford 2,075 48.8
Liberal and Country hold Swing

References

  1. ^ History of South Australian elections, 1857-2006 - by Dean Jaensch - ISBN 978-0-9750486-3-4
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